Could You Pass A U.S. Citizenship Test?

Take the quiz below (answers at the bottom) or click on the link and get a little more info as you answer each question.  This quiz was done in 2018.


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1. What is America's national anthem?

2. What is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the US Constitution?

3. Who was the first US president?

4. What are the opening words of the Constitution?

5. What is one right or freedom guaranteed in the First Amendment?

6. Why does the US flag have 13 stripes?

7. What is the highest court in the United States?

8. When is the last day you can send in federal tax forms?

9. Where is the Statue of Liberty?

10. What is the capital of the United States?

11. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

12. How many times may a senator be re-elected?

13. Who is the "Father of our Country"?

14. Which war was fought between the Northern and Southern US states in the 1800s?

15. If the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

16. Which of the following was NOT one of the original 13 colonies?

17. Which of these rights is guaranteed by the Bill of Rights?

18. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

19. How many voting members are there in the US House of Representatives?

20. Which of the following is NOT one of the three major branches of government?

21. Which of the following is NOT a chamber of Congress?

22. What does the judicial branch do?

23. Which of these days is NOT a national holiday?

24. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?

29. What 1960s movement fought against racial discrimination?

30. Which of the following states borders Canada?

31. How old must a US citizen be to vote?

32. Who does a US Senator represent?

33. When do we celebrate Independence Day?

34. We elect US Representatives for how many years?

35. Which of the following wars was fought by the US in the 1800s?

36. Who was President during World War I?

37. Who did the U.S. fight against in World War II?

38. Who is the Commander-in-Chief of the military?

39. What is the economic system in the United States?

40. Which of these promises does one NOT make when they become a US citizen?

41. What is the basic belief of the Declaration of Independence?

42. Why do some states have more Representatives than others?

43. Which of the following is the longest river in the United States?

44. Who was President during both the Great Depression and World War II?

45. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the US Constitution. Name one of the writers.

46. Which of the following rights is guaranteed by the Declaration of Independence?

47. Why does the US flag have 50 stars?

48. What is a purpose of the United Nations?

49. How many amendments does the Constitution have?

50. What is Wall Street famous for?

51. Who lived on the land now known as North America before the Europeans arrived?

52. Who signs bills that become U.S. law?

53. What does "freedom of religion" mean in the U.S. constitution?

54. How many U.S. Senators are there?

55. If the Senate is deadlocked, who casts the deciding vote?

56. What do Americans celebrate on July 4th?

57. What do we promise loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

58. When must all men register for the Selective Service?

59. Which of the following is an officially recognized Native American tribe in the US?

60. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

61. Which of these is a national holiday?

62. Which of these states borders Canada?

63. In addition to Civil Rights for African Americans, what else did Martin Luther King support?

64. True or False: America has had a woman president.

65. From 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island housed:

66. Who is the head of the executive branch?

67. How many houses make up the US Congress?

68. What document issued by Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves in the rebel states?

69. True or False: Congress can override a president's veto.

70. When did women win the right to vote?

71. Loving v. Virginia was a Supreme Court case that invalidated laws prohibiting:

72. Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death"?

73. Which of these Supreme Court cases ended segregation in schools?

74. True or False: Puerto Rico is a U.S. Territory.

75. What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?

76. Which was the first state to ratify the Constitution?

77. Denali, the highest mountain in the United States, used to be named:

78. Who was the United States fighting in the War of 1812?

79. For how many terms was Franklin D. Roosevelt elected as President?

80. Who said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"?

81. In what year was Pearl Harbor attacked by the Japanese?

82. Harriet Tubman was a prominent abolitionist and instrumental figure in establishing:

83. In what year did the U.S. put the first man on the moon?

84. What future President led the Union troops at the end of the Civil War?

85. Who was the first female Supreme Court justice?

86. How many states are in America?

87. Who was America's president for the longest time?

88. Which city was previously called "New Amsterdam"?

89. Of which state is Albany the capital?

90. How much is a dime?

1 - The Star Spangled Banner

2 - Bill of Rights

3 - George Washington

4 - We The People

5 - Religion

6 - There were 13 colonies

7 - The Supreme Court

8 - April 15

9 - New York

10 - Washington DC

11 - Louisiana Territory

12 - No Limit

13 - George Washington

14 - Civil War

15 - The Speaker of the House

16 - California

17 - The right to bear arms

18 - Thomas Jefferson

19 - 435

20 - Media

21 - The Supreme Court of the Unitied States

22 - Decide law constitutionality

23 - Boxing Day

24 - John Roberts

25 - 6 years

26 - Greenland

27 - November

28 - California, Arizona and New Mexico

29 - Civil Rights Movement

30 - North Dakota

31 - 18

32 - All people of a state

33 - July 4

34 - 2

35 - Civil War

36 - Woodrow Wilson

37 - Japan, Germany, and Italy

38 - The President

39 - Capitalism

40 - Hit yourself in the head with a fish every other Wednesday

41 - All men are created equal

42 - States with higher poulations have more representatives

43 - Missouri River

44 - Franklin D. Roosevelt

45 - Alexander Hamilton

46 - The pursuit of happiness

47 - The 50 States

48 - To provide economic aid to courntries

49 - 27

50 - America's financial center

51 - Native Americans

52 - The President

53 - You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion

54 - 100

55 - The Vice President

56 - The day America was founded by declaring independence from Britian

57 - The United Stes and its flag

58 - At age 18

59 - Seminole

60 - The Constitution was written by the Founding Fathers

61 - Veterans Day

62 - An immigration station

66 - The President

67 - 2

68 - The Emancipation Proclamation

69 - True

70 - 1920

71 - Interracial marriage

72 - Patrick Henry

73 - Brown v. Board of Education

74 - Ture

75 - Pacific Ocean

76 - Delaware

77 - Mount McKinley

78 - The United Kingdom

79 - Four

80 - President John F. Kennedy

81 - 1941

82 - The Underground Railroad

83 - 1969

84 - Ulysses S. Grant

85 - Sandra Day O'Connor

86 - 50

87 - Franlin Delano Roosevelt

88 - New York

89 - New York

90 - 10 cents

. . . And That"s How The Fight Got Started

My wife and I were watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire while we were in bed.
I turned to her and said, 'Do you want to have Sex?'
'No,' she answered.
I then said, 'Is that your final answer?'

... She didn't even look at me this time, simply saying, 'Yes..'
So I said, "Then I'd like to phone a friend."

And that's when the fight started...

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I took my wife to a restaurant.

The waiter, for some reason, took my order first.

"I'll have the rump steak, rare, please."
He said, "Aren't you worried about the mad cow?"
"Nah, she can order for herself."

And that's when the fight started.....

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My wife and I were sitting at a table at her high school reunion, and she kept staring at a drunken man swigging his drink as he sat alone at a nearby table.

I asked her, "Do you know him?"
"Yes", she sighed,
"He's my old boyfriend. I understand he took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear he hasn't been sober since."

"My Gosh!" I said, "Who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?"

And then the fight started...

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When our lawn mower broke and wouldn't run, my wife kept hinting to me that I should get it fixed.
But, somehow I always had something else to take care of first, the shed, the boat,making beer . . . Always something more important to me.

Finally she thought of a clever way to make her point.
When I arrived home one day, I found her seated in the tall grass, busily snipping away with a tiny pair of sewing scissors. I watched silently for a short time and then went into the house. I was gone only a minute, and when I came out again I handed her a toothbrush.

I said, "When you finish cutting the grass, you might as well sweep the driveway."

The doctors say I will walk again, but I will always have a limp.

_____________________________

My wife sat down next to me as I was flipping channels.
She asked, "What's on TV?"
I said, "Dust."

And then the fight started...

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Saturday morning I got up early, quietly dressed, made my lunch, and slipped quietly into the garage. I hooked up the boat up to the van and proceeded to back out into a torrential  downpour. The wind was blowing 50 mph, so I pulled back into the garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the weather would be bad all day.

I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and slipped back into bed. I cuddled up to my wife's back; now with a different anticipation, and whispered, "The weather out there is terrible."

My loving wife of 5 years replied, "And, can you believe my stupid husband is out fishing in that?"

And that's how the fight started...

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My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary.
She said, "I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 150 in about 3 seconds."

I bought her a bathroom scale.

And then the fight started......

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After retiring, I went to the Social Security office to apply for Social Security. The woman behind the counter asked me for my driver's License to verify my age. I looked in my pockets and realized I had left my wallet at home. I told the woman that I was very sorry, but I would have to go home and come back later.  The woman said, 'Unbutton your shirt'.  So I opened my shirt revealing my curly silver hair.  She said, 'That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me' and she processed my Social Security application.

When I got home, I excitedly told my wife about my experience at the Social Security office.

She said, 'You should have dropped your pants. You might have gotten disability too.'

And then the fight started...

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My wife was standing nude, looking in the bedroom mirror.

She was not happy with what she saw and said to me,  "I feel horrible; I look old, fat and ugly. I really need you to pay me a compliment.'

I replied, "Your eyesight's damn near perfect."

And then the fight started........

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I rear-ended a car this morning...the start of a REALLY bad day!

The driver got out of the other car, and he was a DWARF!!
He looked up at me and said 'I am NOT Happy!'
So I said, 'Well, which one ARE you then?'

That's how the fight started.

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One year, I decided to buy my mother-in-law a cemetery plot as a Christmas gift...

The next year, I didn't buy her a gift.
When she asked me why, I replied,
"Well, you still haven't used the gift I bought you last year!"

And that's how the fight started.

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Former NASA Engineer 

Builds Impressive Glitter Bomb 

to Make Life Hell for Package Thieves

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The Message On The Penny

Several years ago, a friend of mine and her husband were invited to spend the weekend at the husband's employer's home. My friend, Arlene, was nervous about the weekend. The boss was very wealthy, with a fine home on the waterway, and cars costing more than her house.

The first day and evening went well, and Arlene was delighted to have this rare glimpse into how the very wealthy live. The husband's employer was quite generous as a host, and took them to the finest restaurants. Arlene knew she would never have the opportunity to indulge in this kind of extravagance again, so was enjoying herself immensely.

As the three of them were about to enter an exclusive restaurant that evening, the boss was walking slightly ahead of Arlene and her husband.

He stopped suddenly, looking down on the pavement for a long, silent moment..

Arlene wondered if she was supposed to pass him. There was nothing on the ground except a single darkened penny that someone had dropped, and a few cigarette butts. Still silent, the man reached down and picked up the penny.

He held it up and smiled, then put it in his pocket as if he had found a great treasure. How absurd! What need did this man have for a single penny? Why would he even take the time to stop and pick it up?

Throughout dinner, the entire scene nagged at her. Finally, she could stand it no longer. She casually mentioned that her daughter once had a coin collection, and asked if the penny he had found had been of some value.

A smile crept across the man's face as he reached into his pocket for the penny and held it out for her to see. She had seen many pennies before! What was the point of this?

'Look at it.' He said. 'Read what it says.' She read the words ' United States of America '

'No, not that; read further.'

'One cent?' 'No, keep reading.'

'In God we Trust?' 'Yes!' 'And?'

'And if I trust in God, the name of God is holy, even on a coin. Whenever I find a coin, I see that inscription. It is written on every single United States coin, but we never seem to notice it! God drops a message right in front of me telling me to trust Him? Who am I to pass it by? When I see a coin, I pray, I stop to see if my trust IS in God at that moment. I pick the coin up as a response to God; that I do trust in Him. For a short time, at least, I cherish it as if it were gold. I think it is God's way of starting a conversation with me. Lucky for me, God is patient and pennies are plentiful!

When I was out shopping today, I found a penny on the sidewalk. I stopped and picked it up, and realized that I had been worrying and fretting in my mind about things I cannot change. I read the words, 'In God We Trust,' and had to laugh. Yes, God, I get the message.

It seems that I have been finding an inordinate number of pennies in the last few months, but then, pennies are plentiful! And, God is patient..

George HW Letter to New President Bill Clinton on Jan 20, 1993

Bill Clinton: George H.W. Bush’s Oval Office note to me revealed the heart of who he was
December 1, 2018

Original Article HERE
By Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States.

On Jan. 20, 1993, I entered the Oval Office for the first time as president. As is the tradition, waiting for me was a note from my predecessor, George Herbert Walker Bush. It read:

Dear Bill,

When I walked into this office just now I felt the same sense of wonder and respect that I felt four years ago. I know you will feel that, too.

I wish you great happiness here. I never felt the loneliness some Presidents have described.

There will be very tough times, made even more difficult by criticism you may not think is fair. I’m not a very good one to give advice; but just don’t let the critics discourage you or push you off course.

You will be our President when you read this note. I wish you well. I wish your family well.

Your success now is our country’s success. I am rooting hard for you.

Good Luck — George

The Oval Office note that George H.W. Bush left for Bill Clinton. (Courtesy of Bill Clinton)

No words of mine or others can better reveal the heart of who he was than those he wrote himself. He was an honorable, gracious and decent man who believed in the United States, our Constitution, our institutions and our shared future. And he believed in his duty to defend and strengthen them, in victory and defeat. He also had a natural humanity, always hoping with all his heart that others’ journeys would include some of the joy that his family, his service and his adventures gave him.

His friendship has been one of the great gifts of my life. From Indonesia to Houston, from the Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast to Kennebunkport, Maine — where just a few months ago we shared our last visit, as he was surrounded by his family but clearly missing Barbara — I cherished every opportunity I had to learn and laugh with him. I just loved him.

Many people were surprised at our relationship, considering we were once political adversaries. Despite our considerable differences, I had admired many of his accomplishments as president, especially his foreign policy decisions in managing America’s response to the end of the Cold War and his willingness to work with governors of both parties to establish national education goals. Even more important, though he could be tough in a political fight, he was in it for the right reasons: People always came before politics, patriotism before partisanship. To the end, we knew we would never agree on everything, and we agreed that was okay. Honest debate strengthens democracy.

While we maintained a respectful, friendly relationship throughout my presidency, it was only when President George W. Bush asked us to jointly spearhead American relief efforts in the wake of the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 and again after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 that we got to really know each other. When we met with children who lost their parents in the tsunami, he was moved almost to tears when they gave us drawings they’d made to capture their pain and slow recovery in grief counseling. When we were asked to speak together at Tulane’s graduation in 2006, I saw his genuine feeling for the students, many of whom had suffered in the flooding of New Orleans, and others who had shown heroism and love in caring for their neighbors. “Each of you here has inspired me,” he told them. “When I look at our world, the good I see far outweighs the bad, which maybe explains why I am a real optimist about the future that you all will be facing.”

Growing old did not rob him of his optimism or his love of competition and adventure. In his book of letters, there’s a wonderful one to his family about getting older, in which he crows about driving his speedboat off the Maine coast. “Still want to compete. I still drive Fidelity II fast — very fast. My best so far — 63 mph in a slight chop with one [Secret Service] agent on board.” I took more than one ride in that boat with him over the years. It was fun but not an experience for the faint of heart. It was the same driving spirit, coupled with heartfelt patriotism, which led him to volunteer for the Navy on his 18th birthday instead of attending Yale, becoming one of the youngest American pilots to get his wings. Even when he was later shot out of the sky, the sole survivor of his close-knit crew, he never feared to go up again — famously learning to skydive at 75.

After the war, he took a leap of faith by staking his and his family’s future in the Texas oil business and eventually got into politics. Fifty years ago this spring, as a congressman representing Houston, he voted for the Fair Housing Act of 1968, going against his nearly perfect record of conservative votes in Washington. When he returned to Houston, he held a town hall to explain his vote to a hostile crowd who thought he’d lost his mind. He believed that he could convince them it was the right thing to do, as long as they would hear him out. That evening, at least, he was right. When he was finished talking he got a standing ovation.

Given what politics looks like in America and around the world today, it’s easy to sigh and say George H.W. Bush belonged to an era that is gone and never coming back — where our opponents are not our enemies, where we are open to different ideas and changing our minds, where facts matter and where our devotion to our children’s future leads to honest compromise and shared progress. I know what he would say: “Nonsense. It’s your duty to get that America back.”

We should all give thanks for George H.W. Bush’s long, good life and honor it by searching, as he always did, for the most American way forward.

I Jumped Off The Golden Gate Bridge

Kevin is using his story to spread suicide prevention awareness with his film, 

Suicide: The Ripple Effect

found at suicidetherippleeffect.com.

The Dark Secret of the Golden Gate Bridge
https://forwardsfun.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-dark-secret-of-golden-gate-bridge.html

Five Myths About Turkeys

Americans will eat more than 40 million turkeys for Thanksgiving this year. Most will be roasted, some deep-fried, a few spatchcocked and nearly all turned into sandwiches the day after. At least one lucky bird will receive a presidential pardon. But between the iconic 1621 meal that we honor and Thursday’s dinner table, the turkey has earned its place in our nation’s mythology.

MYTH NO. 1
Ben Franklin almost made the turkey the national bird.

In “The Egg,” a song from the Tony-winning 1969 musical “1776,” adapted for the big screen in 1972, Benjamin Franklin whimsically makes the case that the turkey should be the fledgling republic’s national emblem, because it is “the truly noble bird: native American, source of sustenance of our original settlers, an incredibly brave fellow who will not flinch at attacking a regiment of Englishmen, single-handedly.” In 2009, the Houston Chronicle published an article headlined “The turkey was almost our national bird,” attributing the near miss to Franklin.

Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson made up the first committee charged with designing the national seal, Harvard’s Declaration Resources Project confirms, but Franklin’s suggestion had nothing to do with turkeys — it was a proposal to depict Moses parting the Red Sea. Eventually, after several design committees had been assembled and disbanded, America got the bald eagle in 1782.

Franklin’s turkey remarks came later. In a 1784 satirical letter to his daughter, he maligned the eagle’s “bad moral character”: He’s “too lazy to fish for himself” and instead waits for other, more industrious birds to do the work, then steals the catch. The turkey is a “more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America,” Franklin wrote.

MYTH NO. 2
Stuffing turkey is a recipe for food poisoning.

Two years ago, Self magazine ran the article “Cooking Stuffing Inside a Turkey Is Actually Dangerous,” urging readers to “cook your stuffing separately!” The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics website, EatRight.org, warns, “For maximum safety, cook stuffing in a casserole” dish.

Yes, it’s important to take precautions when cooking poultry, but you can safely stuff a turkey — generations of Americans wouldn’t have risked dying for the sake of a more flavorful side dish. The key is proper temperature. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, your turkey, and what’s inside it, must be cooked to a temperature of 165 degrees.

To achieve this: (1) Stuff your raw turkey just after you’ve cooked your stuffing and it’s still hot. Don’t make your stuffing ahead of time and refrigerate it. That way, it takes less time for the stuffing to reach 165. (2) Don’t overstuff. A loosely stuffed bird heats more quickly. Leftover stuffing can go in a separate casserole that your guests will raid for seconds. (3) Measure the temperature. Make sure your culinary thermometer reaches the interior of the stuffing, either through the meat or through the cavity entrance. And don’t trust the pop-up thermometer that comes with the turkey you buy. When Consumer Reports tested them, it found some popped up at temperatures over 165 (making for an overcooked, dry bird) and some popped up at well under 165 (increasing the risk of food poisoning).

MYTH NO. 3
Basting is better.

Basting “adds flavor and helps create a golden crust,” wrote Bon Appétit’s Rochelle Bilow in 2015. Baste “with a mixture of butter and wine for an unconventional, buttery gobbler with a tangy kick,” recommends TV chef Rachael Ray.

Not so fast, says Meathead Goldwyn, the force behind AmazingRibs.com and the author of “Meathead: The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling.” The problem is that basting prolongs cooking times. “Think of it like sweat after a long workout,” Goldwyn told me via email, “it cools you off.” If a long cooking time is what you’re after (as with pork shoulder, which has lots of connective tissue that has to break down), that’s a good thing. But not with a lean turkey. And basting may moisten the bird, “but not a lot,” says Goldwyn. The reason turkey dries out in the first place is that the moisture evaporates out of the meat as it cooks. But if you baste, the liquid doesn’t penetrate the flesh.

When Cook’s Illustrated put the competing methods to the test, it found that basting improved moisture a tiny bit, but it “prolongs the cooking time and requires more hands-on work.” The verdict: Not worth it.

MYTH NO. 4
Thanksgiving turkey makes you sleepy.

Urban Dictionary’s first entry for “turkey coma” defines it as “the inevitable and unavoidable nap that occurs about 45 minutes after gorging one’s self on a Thanksgiving Day turkey feast.” In one famous “Seinfeld” episode, Jerry’s girlfriend asks over a turkey dinner, “What is that stuff in turkey that makes you sleepy?” Jerry and George answer in unison: “Tryptophan,” the amino acid that’s plentiful in turkey meat. A few scenes later, she’s asleep at the table.

But tryptophan doesn’t necessarily induce sleep, and it’s doubtful that turkey’s the culprit for your post-Thanksgiving-dinner nap.

The human body uses tryptophan to make serotonin and melatonin, both of which play a role in sleep, and there’s some evidence that tryptophan intake is associated with sleep duration. But to make you drowsy, it has to cross the blood-brain barrier. And to do that, it competes with other amino acids vying to do the same. Since turkey contains different amino acids, very little tryptophan is likely to get through. Also, as HowStuffWorks put it, “nutritionists and other experts say that the tryptophan in turkey probably won’t trigger the body to produce more serotonin because tryptophan works best on an empty stomach.” Popular Science notes that “free-flowing booze combined with a load of carbohydrates followed by plenty more booze” is a likelier cause of sleepiness.

Besides, the USDA’s National Nutrient Database says turkey doesn’t have any more tryptophan than other things you’re likely to eat for dinner. It’s got 0.31 grams per 100 grams of meat, while chicken has 0.34 grams and a beef filet has 0.35.

MYTH NO. 5
Turkey was Thanksgiving's first entree.

Any grade-schooler will tell you: Turkey was the centerpiece at the first Thanksgiving. It’s a detail perpetuated in pop-culture holiday retellings, including a 1968 televised special, “The Mouse on the Mayflower,” wherein the narrator exclaims, “Oh, there was turkey!” The cover of one children’s book, “The Story of the First Thanksgiving,” depicts settlers and Native Americans gathered around a table, preparing to eat, with a golden-brown turkey in the middle as the main dish.

In 2011, though, Smithsonian magazine’s Megan Gambino reported that turkey wasn’t necessarily the main course in 1621. Kathleen Wall, a culinarian at Plimouth Plantation , a history museum that re-creates the original Plymouth colony, told Smithsonian, “Wildfowl was there . . . venison was there,” water birds like goose or duck were likely candidates, and passenger pigeons were plentiful game at the time. But turkey probably wasn’t the featured dish.

Turkey was popularized as the go-to entree by Sarah Josepha Hale , editor of Godey’s Lady’s Book, a women’s magazine published in the mid-1800s. She advocated for Thanksgiving to be made a national holiday (President Abraham Lincoln obliged in 1863), describing the ideal dinner in 1827’s “Northwood: Or Life North and South, Showing the True Character of Both ”: “The roasted turkey took precedence on this occasion, being placed at the head of the table.”





Tamar HaspelTamar Haspel writes Unearthed, a monthly commentary in pursuit of a more constructive conversation on divisive food-policy issues. She farms oysters on Cape Cod. Find out more about her at www.tamarhaspel.com. Follow

The History of 'APRONS'

I don't think our kids know what an apron is. The principle use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath because she only had a few. It was also because it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and aprons used less material. But along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.

It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.

From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.

When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids..

And when the weather was cold, Grandma wrapped it around her arms.

Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.

Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.

From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.

In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.

When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.

When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men folk knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.

It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes.

REMEMBER:

Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool. Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw.

They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron.

I don't think I ever caught anything from an apron - but love

****WARNING TO ALL PARENTS****

IMMEDIATELY!!!

STOP  FEEDING YOUR KIDS RICE KRISPIES.  IT IS NOT ABSORBED IN YOUR BODY IN A HEALTHY MANNER.  IT IS STORIED IN YOUR BODY FOR YEARS, AND THE EFFECTS BECOME VISIBLE WHEN YOU ARE OLDER.

I USED TO EAT RICE KRISPIES AND NOW THAT I AM OLDER, I CAN TESTIFY TO THE EFFECTS OF THIS.

EVERY MORNING WHEN I WAKE UP AND GET OUT OF BED, EVERYTHING IN MY BODY SNAPS, CRACKLE AND POPS!

PASS THIS MESSAGE ONTO EVERYONE - TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING TO YOUR CHILDREN SOMEDAY WHEN THEY GET OLD!!!